#afa1bb

Color #afa1bb

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.55 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#afa1bb

RGB

rgb(175, 161, 187)

HSL

hsl(272.3, 16%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.3, 13.9%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.4%, 13.9%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(68.16, 10.02, -11.53)

LCH

lch(68.16, 15.28, 310.99)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0401, 309.44)

HWB

hwb(272.3, 63.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adbba1

Analogous

#a2a1bb

#afa1bb

#bba1ba

Triadic

#afa1bb

#bbafa1

#a1bbaf

Split-complementary

#afa1bb

#babba1

#a1bba2

Tetradic

#afa1bb

#bba1ad

#adbba1

#a1bbaf

Square

#afa1bb

#bba2a1

#adbba1

#a1babb

Shades

Color #afa1bb mixed toward black.

#927fa3

#756186

#584965

#3b3143

#1d1822

Tints

Color #afa1bb mixed toward white.

#bcb1c6

#cac0d2

#d7d0dd

#e4e0e8

#f2eff4

Tones

Color #afa1bb mixed toward gray.

#afa3b9

#afa5b7

#aea7b4

#aeaab2

#aeacb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b5 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#aaabb4 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#aeb0af · ΔE 14.7

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 13.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa1bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa1bb]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#afa1bb (#afa1bb) is rgb(175, 161, 187) in RGB.

No, #afa1bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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